La Primera Rep blica is the fourth novel of the fifth and final series of Episodios Nacionales by Benito P rez Gald s. The novel begins with the abdication of King Amadeo I and the proclomation of the First Spanish Republic. The new government faces immediate challenges and fails miserably, bringing about yet another era of political confusion. The author's bias plays out through his narrator, Tito, who describes the situation as a first hand witness.